The Board has granted service connection for right and left elbow epicondylitis, but denied service connection for blurred vision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined the Veteran's bilateral elbow disorders had their onset during service due to consistent lifting of heavy objects. For the blurred vision claim, the VA examiner concluded that the condition was congenital in nature and could be corrected with optical correction.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow epicondylitis, left elbow epicondylitis, blurred vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19117055
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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